Impact of Higher Payments for Rural Home Health Episodes on Rehospitalizations

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Examines the impact of home health rural add-on payments on beneficiary outcomes, specifically on rehospitalizations. Uses Medicare data from 2007 to 2014 to compare rehospitalizations between rural and urban post-acute home health episodes before and after the implementation of the add-on payments in 2010. Discusses the implications of the findings on home health payment policy.

Lacey Loomer, Momotazur Rahman, Tracy M. Mroz, Pedro L. Gozalo, Vincent Mor

Journal of Rural Health, 39(3), 604-610

06/2023

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Home health · Legislation and regulations · Medicare · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data